FHIRPatch (IBM FHIR Server)

All Known Implementing Classes:

FHIRJsonPatch, FHIRPathPatch, FHIRPathPatchAdd, FHIRPathPatchDelete, FHIRPathPatchInsert, FHIRPathPatchMove, FHIRPathPatchOperation, FHIRPathPatchReplace
```
public interface FHIRPatch
```

Method Summary

All Methods Static Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods Default Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`<T extends Resource> T`	`apply(T resource)`	Apply this patch to a resource
`default <T extends FHIRPatch> T`	`as(java.lang.Class<T> patchClass)`
`static FHIRPatch`	`patch(jakarta.json.JsonArray array)`	Factory method that constructs a new FHIRPatch object from a JsonArray object
`static FHIRPatch`	`patch(jakarta.json.JsonPatch patch)`	Factory method that constructs a new FHIRPatch object from a JsonPatch object

- Method Detail
  - apply
```
<T extends Resource> T apply(T resource)
                      throws FHIRPatchException
```
    Apply this patch to a resource
    
    Parameters:
    
    resource - the resource that this patch is applied to
    
    Returns:
    
    a new resource that is the result of applying this patch
    
    Throws:
    
    FHIRPatchException
  - as
```
default <T extends FHIRPatch> T as(java.lang.Class<T> patchClass)
```
  - patch
```
static FHIRPatch patch(jakarta.json.JsonArray array)
```
    Factory method that constructs a new FHIRPatch object from a JsonArray object
    
    Parameters:
    
    array - the JsonArray object
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly constructed FHIRPatch object
  - patch
```
static FHIRPatch patch(jakarta.json.JsonPatch patch)
```
    Factory method that constructs a new FHIRPatch object from a JsonPatch object
    
    Parameters:
    
    patch - the JsonPatch object
    
    Returns:
    
    the newly constructed FHIRPatch object